For most of us, now is the time of year to renew your memberships to Esperanto-USA and UEA. There's no denying that times are tight. If you're feeling the pinch, you may be tempted to skip a year's membership to Esperanto-USA. However, I wanted to take a brief moment to remind you of the role of Esperanto-USA, and why your membership and support are so valuable.

Bob Lidral pointed me toward the Rosetta Project this morning. (They have a Wikipedia page too.) I noticed that their page about Esperanto was woefully empty, so I sent them an email offering to organize a group from Esperanto-USA to flesh out their resources. I got a reply back this afternoon. Read on for more, if you'd like to help out!

Today at the Wall Street Journal, Cullen Murphy posted a book review When Enough Is Enuf about Righting the Mother Tongue. The book is about the history of trying to reform English orthography and spelling. The reviewer begins by mocking language utopians, like Esperanto-speakers. Read on for my reply...